• Bilderberg Puts Heat on ‘Loose Cannon’ Bush Over Mideast Policy: "With Bush scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon May 20, immediately after the Bilderberg session, the messages from Versailles came frequently and urgently: tell Sharon he must accept the modest steps required in the “road map to peace” or the billions of dollars in U.S. aid will be turned off." Full article at http://www.americanfreepress.net/05_24_03/Bilderberg_Puts_Heat/bilderberg_puts_heat.html [BACKUP]

• Washington Post mentions comments of de Villepin at Bilderberg conference: "American anger toward France was reignited last weekend by remarks that de Villepin made at Versailles to a foreign-policy gabfest known as the Bilderberg meeting. Though the gathering was supposedly off the record, European and American sources have volunteered accounts of comments that infuriated Americans there. It was only because Chirac and Pope John Paul II opposed the American war in Iraq that the world was able to avoid a Christian-Muslim "clash of civilizations," de Villepin reportedly said in response to a question. At another point, he implied that if America had just made clear from the outset that its goal in Iraq was regime change, then the French might have been willing to go along." Full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28911-2003May22.html?nav=hptoc_eo [BACKUP]

• Babacan Explained Government Vision for Turkey at Bilderberg: "Commenting on the Bilderberg conferences' highly secretive nature, Babacan said, "The meeting is kept secret for the participants' safety." Underlining that "mysterious or dark" incidents had not taken place during the meeting, Babacan said: "No decisions were taken. Everybody just put forward his own opinions in a sincere manner." Full article at http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=2003052312340949[BACKUP]

• The masters of the universe: "An influential Jewish European banker reveals that the ruling elite in Europe is now telling their minions that the West is on the brink of total financial meltdown; so the only way to save their precious investments is to bet on the new global crisis centered around the Middle East, which replaced the crisis evolving around the Cold War." Full article at http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EE22Ak03.html [BACKUP]

• Partial progress on 'EU army' (after it was discussed at Bilderberg): "A draft statement at a meeting in Brussels says the 60,000-strong rapid reaction force is now ready for a full range of peacekeeping tasks." Full article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3038847.stm

• 'Lords of the World' Put AKP Under Microscope: "The State Minister for Finance Ali Babacan's participation in the 49th Bilderberg meetings at the 'Trianon' Hotel in Versailles, France this weekend, has caused controversy. Stating the participants of the meeting are not allowed to issue statements and to write articles about the subjects being discussed, an analysts pointed out that Minister Babacan needed to inform the public about the meetings." Full article at http://www.zaman.com/default.php?kn=2227 [BACKUP]

• Turkish presence at Bilderberg: "The meeting, scheduled to end today [incorrect - the meeting ends on the 18th], is rumored to control international policy from behind doors. Turkey’s Islamist circles have accused the Bilderberg group of being a “Zionist organization” trying to manipulate world affairs, and other international figures have also criticized it for being “sinister” and “conspiratorial.” This year, despite Islamist opposition, Treasury Minister Ali Babcan is said to be among the attendees, together with a handful of state bureaucrats." Full article (scroll down) at http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=10316 [BACKUP]

• World Net Daily: World government in action: "There really are conspiracies at work. There really are powerful people plotting world domination. And they really operate in near-total secrecy as the world press sits on its collective duff." Full article at http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32606 [BACKUP]

• Bilderberg: Versailles Palace Park Now Closed (short report from a Propaganda Matrix.com visitor on the scene in Paris): "Today, May 14 there is a guard (it is unusual) at the Trianon Palace Hotel entrance. Next to the hotel, a notice mentions that Queen's Gate ("Grille de la Reine") that gives access to Versailles Palace Park will be closed from May 15 to May 18 because of the holding of an 'international symposium'." Full article at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Propaganda_Matrix/message/9010 [BACKUP]